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AARC gets ready to kick-off a new cycle

The first Authentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration (AARC) project concluded on 30 April 2017 after two years, with many useful outputs for e-infrastructures, research infrastructures and libraries. These outputs will continue to be used and developed in the…

Welcome to IAM Online!

This article was originally written by Laura Durnford for the GÉANT Community Blog. European webinar series on trust & identity launched. The ability to use a trusted online identity to share data and access resources has been of growing importance…

Architecture guidelines and recommendations open for comments

Technical architects within research and e-infrastructures and scientific communities are invited to give feedback on technical recommendations and guidelines documents produced in the Authentication and Authorisation in Research Collaborations (AARC) project. The documents will remain open for comments until the…

AARC reviews progress and strategy at CERN meeting

Passionate and fruitful discussions during the AARC project’s final meeting of 2016 showed the value of face-to-face gatherings. Kindly hosted by CERN on 29 November to 1 December, the meeting agenda was packed with sessions reviewing the project’s strategic direction…

AARC advises HNSciCloud at Project Design Phase Kickoff

Communities that are designing and implementing their Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI) would often appreciate some guidance. One such community is the Helix Nebula Initiative: “a partnership between industry, space and science to establish a dynamic ecosystem, benefiting from open…

A hitchhiker’s guides to the AAI galaxy

During the past year the AARC project and partners have been working to provide solutions to help research collaborations adopt federated access. After a little more than one year in the project, we reflect in a mini-series of blogs on how…

AARC pilot platform approaching take off

Like aircraft queueing on a runway, 11 pilots of authentication and authorisation infrastructure (AAI) components are lining up for their test flights. The AARC project is exploring how well these fit the requirements of research communities and the time will…

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